Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version Newly Listed a combat operations centre

a combat operations centre

protective bars running horizontally around the helmets bottom edge (stitching removed)

marked with the worker's number "53" between the lion's rear foot and tail on the obverse

and beaten by his captors in an effort to find out if a radio message had been sent

Wehrpaß measuring 106x147mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version Newly Listed a combat operations centre(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining a period nut, stamped with a